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package npanday;

import npanday.registry.RepositoryRegistry;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * @author Shane Isbell
 */
public interface NPandayRepositoryRegistry
{

    /**
     * Role used to register component implementations with the container.
     */
    String ROLE = NPandayRepositoryRegistry.class.getName();

    /**
     * Creates a repository registry.
     *
     * @return an repository registry
     * @throws IOException
     */
    RepositoryRegistry createRepositoryRegistry()
        throws IOException;
}
